The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED

(3) In case of rejection of all Tenders, Quotations or Proposals under Rule 33 (2) , fresh
Tenders, Quotations, Proposals or Expressions of Interest may be invited using revised
Documents, whereby those who earlier participated or were pre-qualified or short-listed may
participate or be re-invited.
(4) In case professional misconduct is established under Chapter Seven, appropriate
action in accordance with Rule 127(4), shall be taken.
35. Informing Reasons for Rejection. |— (1) A Procuring Entity shall notify all
Applicants or Tenderers of it after the rejection of all Tenders, Proposals or Quotations within the
period specified in Schedule II .
(2) A Procuring Entity shall, upon written requests from Applicants or Tenderers, inform
them of the reason(s) for the rejection of their Tender, Quotation, or Proposal.
(3) A Procuring Entity may, on justifiable grounds and with the prior approval of the
Head of the Procuring Entity, annul l the Procurement proceedings prior to the deadline for the
submission of Tenders. Quotations or Proposals and if any Procurement proceedings so rejected
all Applications, Tenders, Quotations or Proposals received by the Procuring Entity shall be
returned unopened to the Tenderers or Applicants.
PART – 5
APPROVAL PROCEDURE, NOTIFICATION OF AWARD AND PUBLICATION
36. Procurement Approval Procedure. |— (1) The approval procedure as laid down in
this Rule, leading up to the Notification of Award (NOA) for a execution of contract
under the Act shall be strictly adhered to by the Procuring Entities, Evaluation Committees
and Approving Authorities.
(2) Under no circumstances shall the Chairperson of the Evaluation Committee and the
Approving Authority be the same individual except at the upazila or other levels as stated in Rule
10(1)(b).
(3) In the case of procurement approval process t, the procedures as detailed below shall
be followed -
(a)
For a Ministry, Division, Department or Directorate
1. Where the Approving Authority is at the level of the Head of a Procuring
Entity or Project Director (PD), Project Manager (PM), or an authorised
officer (AO) as per DoFP –
(i) the Evaluation Committee shall, having completed the evaluation in
accordance with the Act and these Rules, submit the Evaluation
Report, and the recommendation for award of Contract, but not the
Tenders or Proposals, in a sealed envelope directly to the Head of
the Procuring Entity or the Project Director, Project Manager, or the
authorised officer for approval, as the case may be;
(ii) after approval of the Evaluation Report, received under Sub-Rule
3(a)(i) . or having recorded any other decision in accordance with
Rule 11, the Head of the Procuring Entity or PD, PM or AO will put
his or her signature thereon and send the same to the Procuring
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